Is that outcome different or not? The effect of experimental design and statistics on neurobehavioral outcome studies

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1782-1785

  Stump, David A ^a   James, Robert L ^b   Murkin, John M ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIOR; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARALYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033767692     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02202-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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